Maurice Stans

Maurice Hubert Stans (22 March 1908-14 April 1998) was the US Secretary of Commerce (R) from 21 January 1969 to 15 February 1972, succeeding Cyrus Smith and preceding Peter Peterson.

Biography
Maurice Hubert Stans was born in Shakopee, Minnesota on 22 March 1908, and he worked as a lawyer for several years. From 1940 to 1955, he was an executive  partner with the Alexander Grant & Co. law firm, and he served as Deputy Postmaster General under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1955 to 1957. From 1969 to 1972, he served as Richard Nixon's Secretary of Commerce, and he resigned in order to chair the finance committee of CREEP, Nixon's re-election campaign. In 1974, he was acquitted for perjury and obstruction of justice related to the Watergate scandal investigation, and he died in Pasadena, California in 1998.